Belt construction



Sept. 20, 1932. 5 WHEELER I 1,878,048

BELT CONSTRUCTION Filed May 7, 1951 I N VEN TOR.

L, 5 Weaien for an ornament, such for instance as Patented Sept. 20,1932 i LAWRENCE 3. -WHEELER, 1on1 s1; LOUIS, rssoum BELT ooivsrrwcrroiv Application filedlMay 7, 1931. Serial N0."535 ,6'65. 1

This invention relates to a belt construction and an object thereof is ,tox'provide a belt having a buckle, wherein the buckle is concealed from front view thereby enabling the entire front of the belt tobe available for purpose of ornamentation. I

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a belt, wherein the free end of the belt 1s concealed behind the opposite, or buckle holding end of the belt, and thus not'exposed to view.

A further object of the invention is to 'provide a flexible flap for the buckle end of the belt, which flap is provided with transverse slotted openingsfor' opposite endsof the belt strap to pass through, and to conceal from view the connecting ends of the belt and the buckle, through which buckle the free end of the belt passes, and which flap is available an 1n- .itial, or other ornament.

A still further obj sides in providing an open buckle having its upper and lower bars bent at an obtuseangle,

" and one of its end bars provided with a stud,

or fixed tongue adapted to be received in an opening in the free end of the belt, for holding the belt in a non slipping adjusted position upon the wearer thereof.

A still further object of the-invention re-';

sides in providing the free endof the buckle stud or tongue with a head for detachable connection with-a snap socket carried by the flexibleflap of the belt for securely locking 5 the buckle stud in a belt opening, after the free end ofthe belt has passed through a slotted end of the flap, and the buckle,- and the belt has been adjusted to fit thezwearer thereof. a V

A still further object of the invention is theprovision of abelt construction, which possesses advantages in points of simplicity and efficiency, and, at the same time proves itself comparatively inexpensive in cost of manufacture.

ect of the invention re- With the above and other objectsin view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the claims hereto appended. I

.Referringto the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, wherein like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the'several views: 7

Fig. lis a front elevation of the invention in operative position. i Y

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the one embodi ment of the invention in operative position.

' Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the inven# tion in operative position.

' Fig. 4; is a view'partly in top elevation form of the invention inoperative position.-

' Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the buckle shown in Figs.2 and 3.

f F ig. 6 is a perspective view ofthe buckle shown in Fig.4. 7 In proceeding, in accordance with ent invention, as illustrated, the end A of the belt B is folded, or-loopedas at 1 about the end'bar 2zof an open buckle (land secured by stltching 3, or equivalent fastening means,

and rfromlwhi'ch belt loop the buckle is free for swinging movement. a

A flexible flap 4: has its one end folded over, as at 5, and'held between the folded end of the belt and the belt A, This folded endj5 of the flap 4 is securely held in position upon the belt by the above stitchings 3'. Theflap4= is preferably wider thanthe Widthof the belt,

and partly. in sectional elevation of a modifiedthe pres [no i as illustrated; The flap 4: is provided with a transverse slotted opening 6 along the fold line thereof and through 'saidslot 6, the end of the belt adjacent the buckle holding *loop thereof passes.

7 The free end :0, of the beltIB is provided;

with a plurality offpunchedopenings"?! The.

free end of the belt D is adapted to firstpass through a transverse slotted opening "shear the free end of the flexible flap 4 and then passes through the buckle C so that the free end of the belt will first lie behind the flexible fiap 1, before entering the buckle C, then free end of the'stud 1Q vis'fprovided with a behind the buckle carrying loop of the belt after passing through the buckle, and finally behind the end A of the belt adjacent the looped end thereof, thus the free end of the belt is concealed from view.

The cross bar 9 at the free end of the buckle C is rovided midway its ends with a forward y projecting stud, or fixed tongue 10, which stud is adapted to pass through one of the belt openings 7 when the belt has been tightened, or adjusted to fit the wearer thereof so as to lock the belt in its adjusted position.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the

spherical head 11 which is adapted for detachable connection with a suitable snap socket. 12 carried by the flexible flap 4 for se curely locking the buckle stud 10 to the flap 4 after thestud 10 has passed through one of theb'elt openings 7. It will thus be seen that the headed end 11 of the stud 10 and the belt structure shown socket 12 act in the capacity of a snap fastener for detachably locking the free end of the'buckle to the flap. 4. r 1

However, as shown. in the modification ini Fig. 4, the free end of the buckle stud 10 is .minus the head 11 and the flap 4: is minus the snap. socket 12, shown in Fig. 3', otherwise the 111 Fig. at 18 the same as that shown inFig. 3. c

The upper and lower bars 18 of the open buckle Care each bent at an obtuse angle,as

at .14, so that the .bars will be angular inside elevation, instead of straight, thus the free endof'the buckle which carries, the stud lOis ofl'set forwardly from the remainder of the buckle. The junctures of the. upper. and lower bars 13 of the buckle with the stud bar 9. thereof.are each provided with. enlarged corners ,or ears 15, which serve to provide fin-v ger grips for. the wearer of the belt to grasp when adjusting the belt to fit himself in connecting and disconnecting the snap fastener andwhen removing the buckle stud 10 from the belt opening in disconnecting the free end of the belt from the buckle.

' From the foregoing description, it'is evident that I provide, a belt, the free .end of which will not slip in thebuckle, which will,

conceal the buckle and free end of the belt from view, which is easily and quickly connected and disconnected and wherein the flexiblegflap thereofforms the front of the belt at. the connectingends thereof, enabling the.

entire front of the belt to be available for purpose of ornamentation, as is manifest.

The many advantages of the. herein described invention will readily suggest them- 1 rre t insselves to, those skilled in the art to which it] 1;.In abelt construction, a flexible-strap having buckle tongue openings in the free 1 end thereof, a buckle swingingly secured to the opposite endofthe strap, a flap secured to the latter end of the strap andextending beyond the buckle to conceal the same from view, said vfiaphaving a transverse opening at'its' free end through which the free end of the strap passes from the front thereof to the rear thereofbefore passing through thebuckle and afixed-tonguecarried by the ,free'end. of the buckle to pass through a selected strap opening for connecting thefree end of the strap with the buckle when the belt has been adjusted to the size of the wearer. I

2. In a belt construction, a flexible strap having buckle tongue openings inthe free and thereof, a buckle swingingly secured to the opposite end of the strap, a flap secured to the latter end ofthe strap and extending beyond the buckle to conceal the same from view, said flap having a transverse opening at its free end through which the free end of the strap passes from the front thereof to the rear threeof before passing through the buckle, a fixed tongue. carried by the free end of the buckle to pass through a selected-strap opening for connecting the free end ofthe strap with the buckle when the belt has been adjusted to the size of the wearer and a snap fastener connection between the. fixed tongue of the buckle and the flap for.

holding the flap in locked connectionfwith the buckle. i 7 v 3. In a belt construction, afiexible strap havingbuckle tongue openings in the free end thereof, a buckle swingingly secured to the opposite end ofthe strap, a flap secured to the latter end of the. strap and extending beyond the buckleto conceal the same from view, said flap having transverse slotted openings at its ends through which the belt strap passesand means for connectingthe free end of the-belt strap to the'buckle to the rear of the flap.

, 4, A beltconstructioncomprising, in com-i bination, a strap having a plurality of spaced:

openings in one end therein, a buckle secured to the opposite end of the'strap, a fixed tongue on the buckle, a flexible flap secured. at a folded end thereof to the strap adjacent the buckle and having a transverse slotthrough which the end of the strap adjacentthe fixed tongue thereof receivable in one of the buckle passes, said flap having a second trans verse slotted opening through which the end of the strap having the openings therein first passes and then through the buckle with the strap openings and that portion of the strap which passesthrough the buckle adapted to lie to the rear of the flap and the end of the strap adjacent the buckle.

5. A belt construction comprising, in combination, a strap having a plurality of spaced openings in one end therein, a buckle secured to the opposite 'end of the strap, a fixed tongue on the buckle, a flexible flap secured at a folded end thereof to the strap adjacent the buckle and having a transverse slot through which the end of the strap adjacent the bucklepasses, said flap having a second transverse slotted opening through which the end of the strap having the openings therein first passes and then through the buckle with the fixed tongue thereof receivable in one of the strap openings and that portion of the strap which passes through the buckle adapted to lie to the rear of the fiap and the end of the strap adjacent the buckle and coacting fastening means carried by the flap and the fixed stud of the buckle for detach-- ably locking the flap to the buckle.

6. A belt comprising, in combination, a flexible strap having a plurality of openings at one end thereof, a buckle swingingly carried at the opposite end of the strap, a flexible flap secured at one end to the end of the strap adjacent the buckle and havinga slotted opening through which the strap passes, said flap having a slotted opening therein through which the free end of the strap passes from front to rear thereof before passand flap together, said flap having a transverse slot at its opposite end for the free end of the belt to pass through, a-stud carried by the buckle adapted to pass through a selected opening in the end of the belt that has passed through the latter fiap slot for holdingthe belt in its adjusted position and said free end of the beltflying behind the flap and the folded end of the belt. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature. j V

LAWRENCE B. WHEELER.

ing through the buckle, and said buckle havmg a fixed tongue adapted to pass through a selected opening of the strap.

7. In combination, a belt adapted to be folded over at one end, a buckle carried by the folded end of the belt, a fixed tongue on said buckle, a flexible member secured at a folded end thereof between the folded end of the belt and the belt and provided with a transverse slotted opening through which the belt passes, separable co-engaging fastening means carried by the flexible member and the buckle tongue to detachably secure the flexible member to the buckle tongue after one end of the belt has been passed through a second opening in the flexible member and passed through the buckle to lie to the rear of the fixed end of the flap and the belt adjacent thereto. V

8. In combination, a beltadapted to-be folded over at one end, a buckle carried by the folded end of the belt, a front flap having a transverse slot near one end thereof, said flap being folded along the slot to receive the'belt in the slot and secured at its folded end between the folded end of the belt andjthe belt, 

